TOWARD A MACRO-SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF GENERAL DETERRENCE

• NCJ Number: 19256
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 251-280
• Author(s): W B BANKSTON; J A CRAMER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 30 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHORS IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MAJOR MACRO-SOCIOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF COMPLIANCE RATES, WHICH ARE USED AS AN EMPIRICAL INDEX OF GENERAL DETERRENCE.

Abstract

A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE RESULTED IN A SET OF TESTABLE HYPOTHESES FROM WHICH THREE PERSPECTIVES ON GENERAL DETERRENCE ARE EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND THE POSITIONS OF DURKHEIM AND SUMNER. THE VARIABLES OF CERTAINLY AND SEVERITY, TYPE OF THREATENED BEHAVIOR, LATENT DETERRENT FUNCTIONS OF LEGAL THREATS, AND NORMATIVE STRUCTURE ARE DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)